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Laddering Covered Call Strikes with CMG
click ↑ 4 Featured When we sell multiple covered call or cash-secured put contracts, we can use numerous strikes to enhance the diversification process. In this article, I will use a real-life example taken from one of my option portfolios, where I used 2 different...
BCI PODCAST 149: Analyzing Covered Call Writing Trades to Enhance Our Trading Skills
One of the best approaches to mastering our option-selling trades is to analyze our executed trades and identify and learn from the positives and negatives. This podcast will evaluate a series of trades executed by a BCI member with CLX. Topics discussed in this...
Using In-The-Money Covered Calls Around Ex-Dividend Dates
click ↑ 4 Featured A covered call writing strategy commonly used by hedge funds involves using ITM covered call strikes which expire immediately after an ex-dividend date. This may be appropriate only if share retention is not an integral requirement of the strategy....
Ask Alan 230: How Did I Manage My XLY Rolling-Down Covered Call Trade?
---------- Rolling-down our covered call options is a trade mitigating technique, where we buy back a strike and sell a lower strike with the same contract expiration date. A real-life trade with XLY is analyzed to show the best strike selection for the roll-down and...
Covered Call Writing Insurance Policies We Pay for and Those that are Free
click ↑ 4 Featured Covered call writing trades can be crafted to be aggressive or defensive. Cautionary approaches include writing in-the-money (ITM) call strikes and adding protective puts to the covered call trades (converting the covered call trade to a collar...
Calculating Collar Trades Using the BCI Trade Management Calculator (TMC)
click ↑ 4 Featured The Collar Strategy is a covered call writing-like strategy where a protective put is added to the trade, thereby establishing a floor and a ceiling with a maximum gain and a maximum loss. The 3 legs of a collar are an out-of-the-money (OTM) call,...
BCI PODCAST 148: Exit Strategies for Covered Call Writing: “Hitting a Triple”
Position management (exit strategies) is the 3rd required skill for successful, elite option-selling. This podcast will show a real-life example with XLU that shows how an initial covered call return was doubled by implementing our exit strategy arsenal. The BCI...
Aggressive and Defensive Cash-Secured Put Trades
click ↑ 4 Featured Much like our covered call writing trades, our cash-secured put trades can also be crafted to be aggressive or defensive. Factors to consider include overall market assessment, chart technical indicators, personal risk tolerance and initial...
Analyzing and Learning from A Weekly Cash-Secured Put Trade
click ↑ 4 Featured Prior to executing our cash-secured put trades, we must establish our initial time-value return goal range. This will lead us to the most appropriate strike. This article will focus on a real-life trade with Marvel Technology, Inc. (Nasdaq: MRVL),...
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- 126. Analyzing the Status of a Rolling-Down Trade
- 124. Dividends and After-Hours News Causing Exercise of OTM Call Strikes
- 123. Implied Volatility, IV Rank and IV Percentile Defined and Practical Applications
- BCI PODCAST 122: Should I Roll-Out My Deep In-The-Money Call Option Mid-Contract?
- BCI PODCAST 121: What is a SPAC (Special Purpose Acquisition Company)?
- 120. Using the Nasdaq-100 Volatility Index (VOLQ) in Covered Call Writing Decisions
- 119. Establishing Our Cost-Basis for Long-Term Holdings
- 118. Adjusting Our Portfolio Mix to Achieve Diversification and Cash Allocation
- 117. When a Covered Call Strike Moves $1000.00 In-The-Money
- 116. How to Execute a Covered Call Trade with a Buy/Write Combination Form
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